Andrew Apranik’s reposnse to the NIH findings against him. Brief story: Andrew was charged with scientific offenses by the administration fo the UW School of Medicine. The UW faculty, following the Faculty Code and administrative rules of the UW, convened council of the faculty made up of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
April 24th, 2013 - 9:28 am § in The Ave Scene
“It is expressly understood that Respondent does not admit to any of the allegations”
April 5th, 2013 - 4:54 am § in Schools & Colleges
More WGU: “2.6% grad rate for students attending 4 years”
I am wondering if this was written by a WGU PR flack, It certainly attempts to gloss over unpleasant facts Over at the Business Week blog, there are few positive and negative comment about WGU that are worth reading. The one I found most interesting was this defense of WGU by “Russel.”[...]
March 27th, 2013 - 4:16 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
UW fails to make list of top 25 places to do research
This list from The Scientist is not credible. We could start with the odd idea that science is biology and national chauvinism. The accompanying article begins with a paen to the failure of the National Institutes of Health budget to keep up with inflation and utterly misses the huge impact of[...]
March 18th, 2013 - 12:27 pm § in America
Send Everyone to College!
I just received this from the Daily Kos and think it may interest those on this list. Apparently Democratic candidate for Governor of Arkansas, Bill Haller wants to give every high school graduate the equivalent of an athletic scholarship. To me, Bill Halter’s proposal has good news and ba[...]
January 29th, 2013 - 12:26 pm § in Schools & Colleges
AVE CHALLENGE: What is the best major?
Last year, The AVE reposted a statement by a State Senator and UW Professor arguing we need to push more slots for computational and engineering education. SURPRISE … here is some data .. can you rank the following majors by the % unemployment? (data from Wall Street Journal!) (CLICKME f[...]
November 24th, 2012 - 3:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
ACADEME:Run a University like a business?
Business Experience As Academic Qualification? Oh, Really? Posted at Academe Blog by Michael DeCesare, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology & Criminology, and president of the AAUP Chapter, at Merrimack College. The president of the University of Toledo plans to a[...]
Why do we still have a university press in an internet age?
The Gamble The answer may come from Princeton. The Princeton University Press cannot give away the ending of its forthcoming book, The Gamble,on the 2012 presidential election. But it does plan to give away the beginning. Read more[...]
October 14th, 2012 - 10:08 pm § in The Ave Scene
UW: a friend passes
Dr. Warren G. Guntheroth MD passed away Monday, September 17 after suffering a heart attack at his office at University Hospital. Warren was an example of UW’s great tradition of patient care .. one of the pioneers in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He was also a courageous [...]
Nobel Prizes: Jewish Pride
Last Year, four Jews Jews won the Nobel prize for medicine and astronomy. Monday October 8, Stockholm will announce this year’s winners. May I be forgiven my prideful hope?[...]
ANDREW APRIKYAN CONVICTED BY THE NIH
I have written a lot on THE-Ave.US and n this listserv about Andrew Aprikyan. Andrew is a scientist who was accused of fraud by an anonymous UW faculty member. The case was muddied because of patent issues involving the UW and, I assume, his accuser. The UW conducted its investigation in a manne[...]